This Week’s Migration News Roundup

Migration Weekly

1. Subclass 189 surprise invitation round — but no real surprises?

2. VIC issues its third May round — Accounting, Finance and IT among those invited

3. SA’s Subclass 190 quota is exhausted — applications close on 8 June!Tasmaniastill has ample quota at the end of the financial year

4. New-financial-year parent migration allocations announced — more for the contributory stream!

5. Weekly roundup: grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing progress

1. Subclass 189 surprise invitation round — but no real surprises?

This Thursday’s surprise Subclass 189 invitation round delivered on the “promise”, with more invitations to come in the second half of the financial year. The number issued was not small,but once again the invitations were concentrated in occupations such as social work, healthcare and teaching. Points ranged from 65 to 85.

Inviting these occupations isn’t really a problem in itself, but the Department of Home Affairs doesn’t seem to have realised that, heading into the second half of the financial year, every state nomination program is competing for these same occupations. Among our own clients,most of those who received a Subclass 189 invitation this round had already been invited under a state nomination program — and some had already been granted.

Some of our invitation data is as follows:

Healthcare —

General Practitioner – 253111, invited from a minimum of 80 points, onshore

Medical Laboratory Scientist – 234611, invited from a minimum of 75 points, both onshore and offshore

Medical Diagnostic Radiographer – 25121, invited from a minimum of 65 points, onshore

Occupational Therapist – 252411, invited from a minimum of 70 points, onshore

Physiotherapist – 252511, invited from a minimum of 70 points, onshore

Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency) – 254415, invited from a minimum of 65 points, both onshore and offshore

Registered Nurses nec – 254499, invited from a minimum of 65 points, onshore

Speech Pathologist – 252712, invited from a minimum of 75 points, onshore

Education —

Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher – 241111, invited from a minimum of 65 points, both onshore and offshore

Secondary School Teacher – 241411, invited from a minimum of 65 points, onshore

Social Work —

Social Worker – 272511, invited from a minimum of 65 points, onshore

For more data, see:Subclass 189 brings another invitation shower after six months — but “no surprises”?

Fortunately, the Subclass 189 grant quota for the new financial year remains substantial — in fact larger than this year’s — so the number of invitations should be something to look forward to. Applicants in other occupations can look ahead to the new financial year about to begin, planning across the Subclass 189 / 190 / 491 / employer-sponsored pathways at the same time!In the meantime, get your English test and skills assessment sorted as soon as possible. Get in touch with our consultants for an assessment!

2. VIC issues its third May round — Accounting, Finance and IT among those invited; most NSW Subclass 491 RDA pathways now closed

NSW Subclass 190by Mayhad essentially run dry, even though there were nearly 2,000 Subclass 190 places left at the end of AprilVictoriahas been on a roll. This week it issued its third round of May invitations. The number invited this round was small, but it still covered popular occupations such as Accounting, IT and Finance.

Some of the invitations we’re aware of are as follows (all points figures below are base points) —

– Electrical Engineer: 85 points
– General Accountant: 90 points
– Financial Investment Adviser: 85 points
– Developer Programmer: 85 points
– Software Engineer: 90 points
– ICT Business Analyst: 95 points
– Telecommunications Engineer: 80 points
– Chemical Engineer: 70 points
– Registered Nurse: 65 points
– Enrolled Nurse: 65 points
– Social Worker: 70 points

At this point, Victoria’s Subclass 190 quota is likely all but used up. This round may well be one of the last one or two, as the state government still needs to set aside time to process the pre-invitations already issued.If you’d like to get ahead on lodging a Victorian state nomination in the new financial year, add our consultant below:

The NSW Subclass 491 RDA pathwaylets you apply directly for an approved nomination (without first receiving a pre-invitation), making the whole process much faster. It was hugely sought after for a while and naturally attracted a lot of applicants. As a result, the RDA pathway is now only open to applications in three regions: far west, south coast and Sydney. Applicants in occupations such as engineering, particularly those based overseas, are well advised to consider it.There is, of course, still quota under NSW Subclass 491 Pathway 2 — well suited to lower-scoring overseas applicants in offshore occupations such as IT, Finance, Marketing and Design. More invitations are expected to follow.

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3. SA’s Subclass 190 quota is exhausted — applications close on 8 June! Tasmania still has ample quota at the end of the financial year

Also running out of Subclass 190 quota isSouth Australia,the entireskilled migration pathway will close to applications on 8 June 2023. If you have already lodged a Subclass 190 application but have not yet been invited,you have the following options:

1. Carry over to the next financial year and wait for an invitation

2. Accept an invitation for Subclass 491

3. Accept a full refund of the application fee

The state government will proactively contact all affected applicants to arrange the next steps!

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Tasmania, by contrast, still has fairly ample quota at the end of the financial year. At this week’s information session, the state government advised that

as at 24 May 2023:

Subclass 190 total quota: 2150, quota used: 1892, quota remaining: 258

of which, Active ROIs: 313

Applications under processing (including invitations issued but not yet accepted): 230

Subclass 491 total quota: 2100, quota used: 1834, quota remaining: 266

of which, Active ROIs: 257

Applications under processing (including invitations issued but not yet accepted): 200

Processing is currently up to applications lodged before 19 May 2023

With only one month left in the financial year, quota is relatively ample and the state nomination program is trending towards more generous invitation rounds. The state government is keeping its word — it will not close the ROI application channel and will continue issuing invitations until the quota is used up. It again confirmed that newly lodged applications will be processed within one week (other than particularly complex cases).The state government also indicated that policy for the new financial year will not change significantly — only minor tweaks. For more detail, see:May Tasmania seminar I New-financial-year state nomination policy to be fine-tuned! Ample quota at year-end means generous rounds! Processing accelerated to one week!

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4. New-financial-year parent migration allocations announced

We already knew that the parent migration quota for the new financial year is 8,500. The split between the contributory and queued streams has now been revealed.The contributory stream received 80%, of which 112 places go to retirement-visa-to-contributory-parent transfers, so the standard contributory parent visas (Subclass 143/864) have a new-financial-year quota of 6,688.The queued parent migration stream has 1,700 places, including 13 retirement-visa-to-queued-parent transfers.

Subclass 143 request-for-further-documents notices are currently up to early May,while queued parent migration further-documents (to the QD stage) have reached applications lodged in November 2011.There is still some quota left this financial year for both contributory and queued parent migration, with sporadic grants expected over the next month.

5. Weekly roundup: grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing progress

A roundup of recent Newstarsec grants and invitations across all categories:Press and hold below to view — the page is updated continuously, so we strongly recommend saving and bookmarking it!

State nomination invitations / GTI invitation statistics

ACT state nomination

The following are approved formal nominations

Lodged 16 May 2023, invited 23 May 2023, ACT Subclass 190, University Lecturer

Lodged 17 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023, ACT Subclass 190, Web Developer

Lodged 24 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023, ACT Subclass 491, ICT Security Specialist

Lodged 18 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023, ACT Subclass 190, Construction Project Manager

The following are matrix invitations

Lodged 18 May 2023, invited 23 May 2023 with 105 points – Finance
Manager

Lodged 8 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 100 points – External
Auditor

Lodged 16 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 115 points – Accountant
(General)

Lodged 15 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 110 points – Accountant
(General)

Lodged 9 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 110 points – Accountant
(General)

Lodged 15 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 110 points – Accountant
(General)

Lodged 21 April 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 90 points – Quantity Surveyor

Lodged 20 February 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 105 points – Accountant (General)

Lodged 9 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 105 points – Landscape Architect

Lodged 24 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 95 points – Program or Project Administrator

Lodged 11 May 2023, invited 24 May 2023 with 60 points – Retail Pharmacist

Lodged 12 December 2022, invited 25 May 2023 with 70 points – Electronics Engineer

Lodged 9 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023 with 100 points – ICT business Analyst

Lodged 10 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023 with 95 points – ICT business Analyst

Lodged 18 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023 with 75 points – Multimedia Specialist

Lodged 18 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023 with 75 points – Software Engineer

Lodged 19 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023 with 115 points – Software
Engineer

Lodged 17 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023 with 110 points – Developer
Programmer

Lodged 19 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023 with 110 points – Software
Engineer

Lodged 15 May 2023, invited 25 May 2023 with 80 points – Accountant
(General)

VIC state nomination

For pre-invitations, see the summary above

Lodged Subclass 190 nomination application 12 May 2023, EOI invited 23 May 2023, 65+5 points (Community Worker – 411711)

Tasmania state nomination

Lodged Subclass 190 ROI 24 May 2023, GREEN pass, invited to apply for nomination 26 May 2023, 80+5 points (ICT Business Analyst – 261111)

Lodged Subclass 190 nomination application 15 May 2023, EOI invited 22 May 2023, 60+5 points (Civil Engineer – 233211)

Lodged Subclass 190 nomination application 18 May 2023, EOI invited 23 May 2023, 70+5 points (Marketing Specialist – 225113)

Lodged Subclass 190 nomination application 19 May 2023, EOI invited 26 May 2023, 60+5 points (Accountant (General) – 221111)

NSW state nomination

None this week

SA state nomination

Subclass 491 lodged: 13/03/2023 Approved: 22/05/2023, Finance Broker, onshore

Lodged Subclass 190 20 March 2023, invited 22 May 2023, onshore, occupation: Finance Broker, with spouse, Working in South Australia (working in SA)

QLD state nomination

None this week

WA state nomination

None this week

NT state nomination

Lodged: 08/12/2022 Approved: 23/05/2023, MINT Subclass 190

This week’s grant progress and analysis

Subclass 189 Skilled Independent visa

None this week

Subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa

None this week

Subclass 491 (new regional) / Subclass 489 (old regional) sponsored visa

Lodged 17 February 2023, granted 24 May 2023 (Subsequent
Entrant)

Subclass 887/191 Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa

None this week

Employer-sponsored

None this week

Business and investor migration / GTI

Lodged Subclass 858 22 November 2022, granted 24 May 2023

Subclass 600 Visitor visa

Lodged 28 April 2023, granted 24 May 2023, offshore

Lodged 11 May 2023, granted 25 May 2023, offshore

Lodged 19 May 2023, granted 26 May 2023, offshore

Lodged: 10/05/2023 Approved: 22/05/2023, offshore Subclass 600 Business stream,

Lodged: 18/05/2023 Approved: 22/05/2023, offshore

Lodged 19 May 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Subclass 500 Student visa

Lodged 18 May 2023, granted 26 May 2023

Lodged 17 May 2023, granted 24 May 2023

Lodged 23 May 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Lodged 22 May 2023, granted 24 May 2023, offshore dependent

Lodged 17 November 2021, granted 21 May 2023, onshore

Lodged 8 May 2023, granted 23 May

Lodged 17 May 2023, granted 24 May

Subclass 485 Graduate Work visa

Lodged 16 February 2023, granted 23 May 2023

Lodged 16 May 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Lodged Subclass 485 onshore 18 Apr 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Lodged Subclass 485 onshore 21 Mar 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Lodged Subclass 485 onshore 11 May 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Lodged Subclass 485 onshore 23 Mar 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Lodged Subclass 485 onshore 13 May 2023, granted 25
May 2023

Lodged 8 May 2023, granted 23 May 2023

Lodged 11 January 2023, granted 24 May 2023

Partner migration

Lodged visa application 30 March 2022; Subclass 820 and 801 both granted simultaneously on 23 May 2023.

Lodged Subclass 820 17 March 2023, granted 23 May 2023

Parent migration / visa / child visa

Lodged Subclass 870 6 March 2023, granted 23 May 2023

Lodged Subclass 870 13 January 2023, granted 26 May 2023

Subclass 408 visa

Lodged 22 May 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Lodged 18 May 2023, granted 23 May 2023 (lodged by a Subclass 485 holder, 2-year Subclass 408 application)

Subclass 155 visa

Lodged 16 May 2023, granted 24 May 2023

Lodged 17 May 2023, granted 25 May 2023

Lodged 23 May 2023, granted 28 May 2023

Citizenship applications

Lodged citizenship onshore 01 Mar 2022, approved 22 May 2023

This week’s skills assessment processing progress

ACS (IT-related)

Lodged 28 February 2023, result received 24 May 2023

Lodged 24 February 2023, result received 23 May 2023

Lodged 22 November 2022, granted 24 May 2023

CA ANZ (accounting-related)

None this week

IPA (accounting-related)

None this week

Engineers Australia (EA) (engineering)

None this week

VETASSESS

Occupation: Journalists and Other Writers nec (ANZSCO Code: 212499) Lodged: 13/05/2023 Approved: 20/05/2023

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